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what I can I give him

Posted in blog on 30 July, 2008 | 2 Comments »

Ah, Christmas.
As I write, my laptop is wending it’s way through my favourite carols and the desk is covered with poems and scraps of liturgy.
Once, years ago, the summer dance camp took as it’s festive theme ‘Christmas in July’. Do you suppose there was a priest on the planning committee? But it was [...]

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on the map

Posted in blog on 28 July, 2008 | 4 Comments »

A few weeks ago, as part of this year’s Growing Season, I invited the congregations to make a prayer map. The idea was to map out the various aspects of your life — people, places, projects, concerns — to act as a visual means of prayer. I also asked people to draw a [...]

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unchosen words

Posted in blog on 28 July, 2008 | 3 Comments »

Yesterday I stumbled over the words of the grey book dismissal, and a trusty old-language loving member of the congregation called the right words out to me. Only she slipped and used the form in the blue book liturgy. We have been finding it harder and harder to remember the 1970 liturgy in [...]

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farewell

Posted in blog on 26 July, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

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maybe?

Posted in blog on 25 July, 2008 | 3 Comments »

Do you suppose if I refuse to print out the booklets for the leaving service for the person I don’t want to have leave, she will have no choice but to stay?
Sigh.
I suppose we’ll just have to send her off well.
Now, what it the rubric for telling the sheep not to worry when they hear [...]

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God calling

Posted in blog on 24 July, 2008 | 4 Comments »

Over coffee this morning, a very prayerful member of the congregation started talking about a little book she uses called Daily Light. It fits in her handbag. It offers readings for morning and night, and often seems to say just what she needs. Then out came a Promise Box, which was new [...]

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as usual

Posted in blog on 24 July, 2008 | 5 Comments »

You see, Ian:  I have plenty of uses for the basket you laughed at me for buying.  Though I admit, I am no closer to having the right something to carry all my bits and pieces in when going between churches.

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ah, telemarketers

Posted in blog on 22 July, 2008 | 2 Comments »

This morning’s phone call:
‘Hello, eh… may I speak to Mrs Church please?’
‘Sorry, Holy Trinity is not in right now…’

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blessings

Posted in blog on 21 July, 2008 | 5 Comments »

My parents never held out much hope for grandchildren, but I do a fine line in God-children and grand-cats. I’ve just come back from the North of the South where in two and a half days I managed to see two sets of friends and all of my godchildren. When most of my [...]

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needle in a haystack

Posted in blog on 17 July, 2008 | 4 Comments »

I am trying to find a complete version of the following single chant.  One of the congregations uses it off an old photocopy, and I have flicked through as many old chant books as I could find on my shelf (frustratingly, knowing that it is probably in the one I left in the States…).

I will [...]

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